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Asiyat Khabicheva, the Chair of the Public Oversight Commission (POC) of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) of new composition, has sent an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which she claims that local authorities put pressure to members of the newly formed POC.

Allegations of the Azerbaijani police that Zokhrab Shikhaliev, a resident of the village of Djorat, was keeping weapons were untrue and unreliable. This was reported by relatives of the detainee.

Today, Meskhetian Turks have held a picket in front of the Georgia's Embassy in the United States, demanding to ensure conditions for their return to Georgia after their deportation 70 years ago.

Today, six witnesses in the case of terror acts in Volgograd have confirmed the defence's version of the absence of any links of the defendant Ibragim Magomedov with militants.

The Sakharov Prize, which has been awarded by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) to Azerbaijani political prisoners, was handed over to laureates' relatives.

The Azerbaijani party would not allow organizing the search of the crew of the helicopter shot down in the Karabakh conflict zone by shelling the site, David Babayan, the press secretary of the office of the head of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), has stated today.

Ilgar Mamedov, the leader of the Civil Movement "Republican Alternative" (ReAl) has challenged his conviction to the Supreme Court (SC) of Azerbaijan. His defence insists on the abolition of decisions of lower courts in Mamedov's case and his acquittal. However, Mamedov refused to petition for clemency, said his colleague Azer Gasymly.

A progress can be expected in the near future in international recognition of Abkhazia's independence, said the head of Abkhazia Raul Khajimba in his interview to the "Caucasian Knot".

The liquidation of the Mi-24 in the course of its training flight in Nagorno-Karabakh, was a provocation of the official Baku, said Galust Sahakyan, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament.

The information of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov about the death of one of the leaders of the ISIL Tarkhan Batirashvili (Abu Umar al-Shishani), posted on the Instagram network, is untrue, said Umar Idigov, the head of the NGO "Foundation of Caucasus Integration", and a resident of the village of Duisi in Georgia's Pankisi Gorge.

Activists of Circassian public organizations have appealed to the leadership of Poland asking to recognize the genocide of Circassians in the 19th century. The appeal was initiated by the International Organization "Patriots of Circassia", whose headquarters is in Istanbul.

Law enforcement bodies are putting pressure on clients of Lyudmila Bogatenkova, the Chair of the Stavropol Committee of Soldiers' Mothers "Prikumye Mothers", persuading to slander the rights defender, said Andrei Sabinin, one of her advocates.

The court has rejected the motion lodged by the defence of Ruslan Ionov, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), accused of helping terrorists, and asking to soften his freedom restraint measure. The court has extended his arrest by two months.

Mikhail Savva, Professor of the Kuban State University, sentenced conditionally for a fraud, was questioned by the police as a witness in the case of Elena Shablo, Director of the "Levados" Centre.

Today, the State Commission of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) on war prisoners, hostages and missing persons has appealed to the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Nagorno-Karabakh asking for help in establishing the whereabouts of the crew of the helicopter that was shot down by Azerbaijanis, and in the return of the pilots.

The murder of Tarkhan Batirashvili, a commander of a radical Islamic grouping of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), was announced today by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov.

Today, at about 12:00 a.m. Moscow time, the health condition of two hunger-strikers in Karaman got aggravated. The arriving ambulance doctors rendered the first aid to them.

Igor Gamula, the head coach of the "Rostov" FC, has been disqualified for five matches of the Russian Football Championship for racist remarks against players of his football team. This was announced by the press service of the Russian Football Union (RFU) on November 12.

In Dagestan, representatives of the authorities have not yet met participants of the protest hunger strike in Karaman. Meanwhile, on November 12, protesters were visited by representatives of the Prosecutor's Office, the police and the FSB, who show interest in identifying the protesters.

The investigating authorities have repeatedly refused to open a criminal case against an agent of the Russian FSB for the StavropolTerritory under the complaint filed by Kurman-Ali Baichorov, the Imam of Kislovodsk. According to the defender of the Imam, who is accused of drug trafficking, the FSB agent exceeded his power, used violence and falsified evidence.